A solution for self-calibrating a large distorted phased array using subarray processing

Two subarray procedures are added to the multiple scatterer algorithm (MSA) for the purpose of self-calibrating a large distorted phased array. Depending on whether or not overlapping between adjacent subarrays exists, they are called the multiple scatterer algorithm with subarray processing (MSA-S) or the multiple scatterer algorithm with overlapping subarray processing (MSA-OS). These are tested using experimental microwave echoes from an industrial site and a housing development area. The data sets are obtained using an X-band (3-cm), 83-m phased array. MSA-OS can synthesize a specular-like beamformer using the echoes from three low-quality beamformers, each of which is incapable of phase-cohering the array by itself. MSA is found to be superior to the more basic dominant scatterer algorithm (DSA), and MSA-OS is found to perform the best.< >